Manual v Auto

[TW]Fox · 21 Jun 2011 at 09:38

It's not what they said at all, the auto FTO was almost a second slower to 60 and was not a great box either.

Participant · 21 Jun 2011 at 09:42

Well with perfect well-timed and rapid gear changes on DCT transmissions, it's hard to see how they're not slightly faster than their manual counterparts.

Firestar_3x · 21 Jun 2011 at 09:43

Love a good manual box, the MX-5 has a totally divine gearchange, it's a pleasure to use the gearbox, same goes for the S2000, 944 and 911, fantastic manual boxes.

I dislike autos because they usually take longer to get to 60 and rob some MPGz...

ubersonic · 21 Jun 2011 at 10:12

[TW]Fox;19418069 said:
It's not what they said at all, the auto FTO was almost a second slower to 60 and was not a great box either.

Looks like your right about the times "0-60 Tiptronic 7.0sec, manual 6.5secs" but not about the box not being great, top gear and their contemporaries raved about how great it was back in the day, however Porsche defiantly said that the 911 tip was faster than their manual "0-60 mph: 3.7 sec. manual/3.4 sec. Tiptronic S".